At the beginning of December, building on the Biden Administration’s executive order on competition, the Department of Justice (DoJ), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) jointly released a new proposed policy statement that updates and improves on policy around standard-essential [...]
Two weeks ago, we saw the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) hold a contentious vote on S. 2992, a bill that would prohibit certain privacy and security practices where software platforms restrict access to sensitive data and software and device features. Ahead of the vote, the sponsors of the bill circulated [...]
One of the core concerns ACT | The App Association had about the original text of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) is that it effectively prohibits platforms from addressing and responding to security and privacy threats. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley circulated a Manager’s Amendment yesterday, [...]
On 8 December, ACT | The App Association hosted the final edition of its App Makers Tour of Europe. The event brought together app developers, policymakers, and industry to discuss the Nordics’ app ecosystem. The panel considered the impact of future legislation such as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on [...]
In just 14 short years, the app economy emerged out of nowhere to become an €830 billion ecosystem. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the app economy thrived and played a key role in sustaining our work, studies, and daily lives. In particular, small app development companies, like ACT | The App [...]